Its landmark event is the Man-Powered Flight, for which contestants build rudimentary wings and propellers and hurl themselves off the harbour wall, flapping wildly.

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Ask for a harbour mountain-view room and you can watch seaplanes take off from Coal Harbour or see the first streaks of light hit the snow-capped North Shore mountains as you sip your morning coffee.

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Mr Attwood said the waters off the north coast were important for harbour porpoises.

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As there is no harbour, the boats are launched off the beach, allowing Mr Williams about four hours at sea depending on the tide.

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In the past five years Chrysler has knocked eight hours off the time it takes to assemble a vehicle, according to productivity experts Harbour Consultants.

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Last night I walked along the promenade beside the commercial port, from where tugboats packed with weapons set off to resupply forces inside Misrata, and where a rusting submarine leans against the harbour wall.

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He signed a two-year contract with New Zealand province North Harbour in 2005, and also played for Welsh club Cardiff Blues during the southern hemisphere's off-season.

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